Improvement in pressing or expelling- the water from clothes



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Letters Patent No. 86,146,1lated January 26, 1869. Y

IMPROVEMENT IN PRESSING- OR. EXPELLING- THE WATER FROM CLOTHES.

The Schedule referred -to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it m04] concern:

Be it known that I, TH ADDnUs FOWLER, of Seymour, in the county of N ewHaven, and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in the Manner of Pressing or EXpellingWater from Clothesafter they have been washed and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, cl ear, and exact description of the same, reference being'hadto the accompanying draw? iugs, making a part of this specification, inwhich- Figure l represents a perspective view of the apparatus.

Figure 2 represents a vertical section through the sack or bag in whichthe clothes are pressed to drive out the water.

.Figure 3 represents a perforated metallic cylinder, which maybe used inthe operation, as will be ex plained.

, I am aware that'screw-power has been applied to the pressing ofclothes, to drive out the water from them. This. I do not claimindependent of the means I have devised for accomplishing this objectwithout damaging the clothes.

My invention consists in so arranging the machine as that the clothes tobe pressed shall be contained in a sack orbag, so strengthened that,whilst it will yield to the pressure of the power, applied in the lineof its length, itA will retain its cylindrical form and diameter, andthus protect, from being strained, the clothes contained in it.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings.

A and B represent, respectively, the base and top of the frame, whichare held firmly together by the rods or columns C, extending from one tothe other.

In the top plate B there is a hub, D, which has a screw-thread cut init, and through which hub or sleeve a screw-shaft, E, passes and works,said shaft having on its top the appliances by which it may be readilyand forcibly turned, and upon its lower end a platen or follower, F,faced "with Wood, a, or other material than metal, which stains theclothes.

Gr is a sack, or bag, made of stout canvas, and further strengthened bya coil of wire, wood, or even rope,

b, so as to resist outward pressure; or, instead of a strengthenercoiled spirally around it, the sack or bag -nlay be surrounded bycylindrical hoops, wide or narrow.

When the sack G is. filled with wet clothes, it can be placed on the bedor base A, with a board, or other suitable material, d, intervening,which is done by'taking out one of the stay-rods, e, between or withinwhich the bag or sack is placed, and which prevent the sack fromyielding in any other direction than that in which the power is applied.The power isthen applied, and the platen or follower run down upon thesack, or bag, driving it in a direct line until it is contracted intoabout one-third of its original length, when it will be found that theclothes are si'iliciently dry to admit of being ironed atonce. It isbelieved, too, that they are whiter, as the soap that clings to them inwashing is forced out with the water, and which, if it remained, wouldgive the clothes a yellowish appearance.

To take the sack o1" bag out of the machine, when the clothes aredivested of their water, it is necessary to turn the head I, of' thescrew-shaft E, until the hole f in it comes direc1 ly over theparticular rod e, of the set, that is removable, and then said rod maybe run up through said hole, leaving space enough to remove the bag,when it may be emptied of its contents, which will be foundcomparatively dry.

Instead of thcsack alone being put under the press, it may be droppedinto the detached removable cylinder H, and cylinder and all put underthe platen, and, instead of tmning the screw by the head I, and itshandlevers g, it may be done by a crank and cogged gears.

There may be graduated holes, h, in the plates, for larger or smallerbags or cylinders, and other holes, t', for securing the machine tostrips that will hold it over a common wash-tub, or secure it to a frameor stand of any kind.

The screw and platen may be run up and down, by turning the nut or hubthrough which the screw Works, and this may be done by a crank andbevel-gear, which would not interfere with the removal of the stay-rods,when the sack. is to be placed under the platen, or removed therefrom.

Having thus fully described my invention,

W'hat I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

In combination with a screw power-press, for pressing or forcing thewater out of clothes, a bag or sack for containing said clothes, orarticles to be pressed, and so strengthened, by external hoops, bands,or sur roundings attached to itself, as to prevent the clothes frombeing damaged by lateral yielding of the sack, substantially asdescribed.

THADDEUS FOVVLER.

Witnesses:

A. B. STOUGHTON, H. P. FowLnu.

